Holocene Extinctions

by Samuel T. Turvey

The extent to which human activity has influenced species extinctions during the recent prehistoric past remains controversial due to other factors such as climatic fluctuations and a general lack of data. However, the Holocene (the geological interval spanning the last 11,500 years from the
end of the last glaciation) has witnessed massive levels of extinctions that have continued into the modern historical era, but in a context of only relatively...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199535094
• ISBN13: 9780199535095
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.5" x 10.0"